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The core of the article is this exchange between AOC and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen at his hearing before the oversight committee, which started off the fraud investigation:
Definitely give the whole thing a read, though.
I watched that live and she was sharp as fuck during the whole thing. Really impressed the hell out of me. We need more like her.
I'm not American, but AOC is absolutely one of my most favorite politicians. She is such a powerful and smart politician IMO, and consistently on the right side of the issues.
Trump on the other hand, is the absolute bottom, funny how USA has such extremes.
...and she's a supporter of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).
I must admit I don't know if that's a good theory, as in describing reality reliably. Most models are as much ideology as they are factual.
The important thing is to weigh humanitarian values and the reality of economic effect sensibly.
I think most democracies are trying to do that, but in USA the Republicans have obviously lost sight of humanitarian values completely. And that's especially dangerous for a two party system.
lucky lucky 🍀
I watched this live and it was masterful. Obviously Cohen was a willing participant but she asked exactly the questions that would lead to criminal investigations. Everyone in the room knew it.
Excuse me, Matthew what?
SHE SAID MATTHEW CALAMARI
Fucking Slim-Fats SwampYankee over here has worse hearing than my ridiculously Italian grandmother. MA! SET OUT A PLATE FOR SLIM-FATS SWAMPYANKEE! THEY'RE STAYING FOR DINNER AND WANNA TRY YOUR BRECCA PATOOCHI!
My wife has 2 uncles named Tony and I still don't know what you're saying.
Don't forget about Chesebro!
Never forget the cheesebro, goes so well with crackersbro, maybe even a hambro and cheesebro sandwich, bro.
He* ?
I live in Italy and I still don't know what you're saying. Any chance you can get the proper spelling for your grandmother's concoction? I'm genuinely interested.
Matty Calamari, he works for Franky Lasagna and Giulio Gnocci. Notorious mob family, those Calamaris
And a side of seafood sauce. And can we get another round of drinks too?